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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's almost time to fall back. Daylight Saving Time ends
at two am Sunday, which means it's best to set
the clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
And while you get an extra hour of sleep. A
new poll show who's very few people are still in
favor of changing the clocks twice a year. Joining us
on the Kyway Common Spirit Health hotline is ABC News
correspondent Jim Ryan. Jim, appreciate your time as always as
people who get up very early in the morning. We
like the extra hour of sleep. But I think a
lot of people are just like, stop changing our ongoing
(00:29):
schedule constantly. Why do we continue to do this if
so many people are maybe not really as much fans
probably have it.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
You know, it's hard. Once the ship is going in
one direction, it's hard to turn it around. And that
may be what's happening here, because you're right, geta I mean,
if you look at the latest ap North Pole, only
about twelve percent of Americans actually favor this system, right,
So what's at eighty eight percent who don't? But then
you get into another debate. If we're going to settle
on one time, what's it going to be is it
(00:57):
going to be daylight saving time or is it going
to be standard time? And then there's another forty percent
who really don't care one way or the other. So yeah,
strong opinions one side or the other. And then a
bunch of folks who just say leave it alone.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
What kind of an impact does the change have to
our physical system, to our bodies.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Well, it's mainly psychological connor. Yeah, worry. In other words,
anxiety Sunday night going into Monday, Suddenly it feels like
an hour earlier. The clock says it's an earlier, So
you think, well, maybe I better go to bed an
hour earlier. But sleep specialists say that's really not the
best way to handle this. Doctor Michael Gardner is sleepspadless psychologist,
(01:38):
is best advice.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Remember, sleep is not something you do. Sleep is something
that happens when the situation allows for it. And even
if it's the right time, even if you're kind of tired,
if there's something outside of your control, the best thing
to do is to wait. It's like, you can't make
yourself hungry, you can't make yourself sleepy.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
So in other words, just wait un till you're tired
and then go to sleep regardless of what the clock
is telling you on Sunday night.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Jim, when we look at this, I might be putting
you on the spot here. But why did we start
daylight saving time to begin with? Was this a farmer's thing?
Was this as kids going to school in the dark thing?
Was it a combination of just people just trying to
adjust the timeline and the daylight for their own sake.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Well, it was a wartime effort, you know, to try
to save energy. Everything during the war was meant to
help the war effort, and this certainly was a part
of that. So in the same way we were rationing
food stamps and people were you doing bottle and rubber collection.
So this was a wartime effort to try to save
energy and so and once it was done, it just
(02:36):
sort of stuck. And so yeah, now now we're still
dealing with this situation all these years later, despite surveys
that say that a lot of folks are ready to
make a switch or to settle on one or the other.
I mean, if you look around the country, nineteen states
have laws passed for permanent daylight saving time. Thirty five
states altogether are considering settling on one system or the other.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
So how close are are we? Do you think to
passing a bill federally nationally to make daylight saving time permanent?
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Not very That's the issue here. Congress has and to
act on this. The states can do what they want
regarding their clocks. Arizona and Hawaii don't change their clocks.
The rest of the country, or a lot of the
rest of the country, would like to keep them on
either daylight saving time or on standard time year round,
but Congress has to approve that, and so far it
hasn't wanted to do that.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan Jim one day I'm going
to meet one of those people I can't do the
math right now that is able to put their clock
inch it ever so slightly to slowly get that gradual
change going. They always say recommend that, but in all honesty,
none of us do it until we wake up Sunday
morning and go, oh yeah, time change right.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Well, if you have to think about it a week
in advance and you start shifting your sleep schedule back
fifteen minutes or so each night, great, But again, I mean,
best advice may just be to leave it alone and
go to bed when you're tired,
It's almost time to fall back. Daylight Saving Time ends
at two am Sunday, which means it's best to set
the clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
And while you get an extra hour of sleep. A
new poll show who's very few people are still in
favor of changing the clocks twice a year. Joining us
on the Kyway Common Spirit Health hotline is ABC News
correspondent Jim Ryan. Jim, appreciate your time as always as
people who get up very early in the morning. We
like the extra hour of sleep. But I think a
lot of people are just like, stop changing our ongoing
(00:29):
schedule constantly. Why do we continue to do this if
so many people are maybe not really as much fans
probably have it.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
You know, it's hard. Once the ship is going in
one direction, it's hard to turn it around. And that
may be what's happening here, because you're right, geta I mean,
if you look at the latest ap North Pole, only
about twelve percent of Americans actually favor this system, right,
So what's at eighty eight percent who don't? But then
you get into another debate. If we're going to settle
on one time, what's it going to be is it
(00:57):
going to be daylight saving time or is it going
to be standard time? And then there's another forty percent
who really don't care one way or the other. So yeah,
strong opinions one side or the other. And then a
bunch of folks who just say leave it alone.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
What kind of an impact does the change have to
our physical system, to our bodies.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Well, it's mainly psychological connor. Yeah, worry. In other words,
anxiety Sunday night going into Monday, Suddenly it feels like
an hour earlier. The clock says it's an earlier, So
you think, well, maybe I better go to bed an
hour earlier. But sleep specialists say that's really not the
best way to handle this. Doctor Michael Gardner is sleepspadless psychologist,
(01:38):
is best advice.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Remember, sleep is not something you do. Sleep is something
that happens when the situation allows for it. And even
if it's the right time, even if you're kind of tired,
if there's something outside of your control, the best thing
to do is to wait. It's like, you can't make
yourself hungry, you can't make yourself sleepy.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
So in other words, just wait un till you're tired
and then go to sleep regardless of what the clock
is telling you on Sunday night.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Jim, when we look at this, I might be putting
you on the spot here. But why did we start
daylight saving time to begin with? Was this a farmer's thing?
Was this as kids going to school in the dark thing?
Was it a combination of just people just trying to
adjust the timeline and the daylight for their own sake.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Well, it was a wartime effort, you know, to try
to save energy. Everything during the war was meant to
help the war effort, and this certainly was a part
of that. So in the same way we were rationing
food stamps and people were you doing bottle and rubber collection.
So this was a wartime effort to try to save
energy and so and once it was done, it just
(02:36):
sort of stuck. And so yeah, now now we're still
dealing with this situation all these years later, despite surveys
that say that a lot of folks are ready to
make a switch or to settle on one or the other.
I mean, if you look around the country, nineteen states
have laws passed for permanent daylight saving time. Thirty five
states altogether are considering settling on one system or the other.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
So how close are are we? Do you think to
passing a bill federally nationally to make daylight saving time permanent?
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Not very That's the issue here. Congress has and to
act on this. The states can do what they want
regarding their clocks. Arizona and Hawaii don't change their clocks.
The rest of the country, or a lot of the
rest of the country, would like to keep them on
either daylight saving time or on standard time year round,
but Congress has to approve that, and so far it
hasn't wanted to do that.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan Jim one day I'm going
to meet one of those people I can't do the
math right now that is able to put their clock
inch it ever so slightly to slowly get that gradual
change going. They always say recommend that, but in all honesty,
none of us do it until we wake up Sunday
morning and go, oh yeah, time change right.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Well, if you have to think about it a week
in advance and you start shifting your sleep schedule back
fifteen minutes or so each night, great, But again, I mean,
best advice may just be to leave it alone and
go to bed when you're tired,
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